What kind of grains did the ancient grains refer to?

The ancient grains refer to millet, millet, wheat, rice and hemp.

In ancient China, "five grains" was a common name, including all food crops. Various historical materials have different opinions on the types of "five grains": for example, Zhou Shu said that five grains are millet, wheat, rice, millet and glutinous rice. The Songs of Chu said that the five grains are rice, millet, wheat, beans and hemp. Han Shu said that five kinds of cereals are hemp, millet, millet, wheat and beans. There are three valleys, six valleys and nine valleys. For example, Zhu said that agriculture, rural areas and farmers have nine valleys: millet, millet, rice, hemp, soybean, adzuki bean, barley and wheat. In a word, the ancients called food crops valleys.

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1. According to legend, Hou Ji, the ancestor of the Zhou Dynasty, was the "God of Grains". He is the father of farming and is regarded as the god of agriculture. Ancient people celebrated the harvest and offered sacrifices to Hou Ji, the agricultural god.

2. The "millet" in the "five grains" is millet (millet), which is the length of a hundred grains and is used by emperors for sacrifice.

3. The traditional agricultural production and mode represented by "five grains" have made fundamental contributions to the gestation and development of Chinese civilization.

4. Grains culture is a continuation of national life and a powerful genetic basis for the Chinese nation to stand in the world.